byhearting

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noun

Memorisation; recitation.

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Meanings

nounbyhearting (plural byheartings)

plural byheartings

  1. Memorisation; recitation.

    [...] the new books tried to put forward information and make the reader think about it―a substantial move away from the rote learning that Indian schoolchildren refer to as “byhearting."

    2011, Patrick French, India: A Portrait
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of byheart

Origin

From byheart + -ing.

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APA

byhearting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byhearting

MLA

“byhearting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byhearting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “byhearting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/byhearting.

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